KANBrief 4/12 Occupational safety and health begins at the purchasing stage Owing to the frequently bewilderingly large number of products and suppliers, the purchase of suitable work equipment presen
KANBrief 1/13 Checklist assists in the formulation of measurement provisions in product standards Where safety requirements are set out in product standards in the form of measurable values, methods s
KANBrief 4/12 Machine safety: reducing the incentive for the defeating of safety devices is all-important A study (Defeating of safety devices on machinery (in German only), HVBG, 2006) has shown that
KANBrief 1/13 Standardization of services: benefit for the trade and crafts sector doubtful The European standardization package became applicable on 1 January 2013. With this package, the European Co
KANBrief 4/12 Safety by co-operation: procurement of machinery at Ford Werke GmbH in Germany Ford is continually stepping up the consideration given to safety requirements during the procurement of ma
KANBrief 1/13 Strengthening the use of European standardisation as a political instrument Since October 2012 Dr. Stefan Nonneman has been head of the “Standards for boosting competitiveness” unit at t
KANBrief 4/13 Safe storage of wood pellets Wood pellets are now firmly established on the European market for heating fuel. Around 2,300,000 tons of pellets were produced in 2013 in Germany alone, ser
KANBrief 2/13 Occupational health and safety and standardization in Singapore Singapore is only slightly bigger than Andorra, but has a population comparable to that of Denmark. The country is charact
KANBrief 4/13 Laser safety: new limit values in standards present problems for occupational safety and health Lasers are ubiquitous. They assure the utmost precision in machining, are used in spectros
KANBrief 2/13 Effective standardization: tools of the trade for OSH experts Whether at national, European or international level, anyone wishing to work effectively on a standardization project must b
